As we begin a new year, we live in a world marked by rapid change, deep division, and widespread exhaustion. Many of us sense that something essential is being revealed—but we are not always sure what to do with what we see. This Epiphany series asks a simple but...
For our Epiphany series, we'll be reading Nadia Bolz-Weber's Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People as our companion book. But here's the twist: we're not reading it cover to cover. We're reading it thematically—jumping around to match each week's...
Can these bones come back to life? Ezekiel 37:1-14 Questions for Life Groups Read Ezekiel 37:1-14 and the article in this week’s Circuit Rider titled Renewal: After the Upload. This week, practice the simple exercise of breathing in other parts of your life. To...
There is a subtle, but growing unease in our midst, brought into the open by artificial intelligence. Some recent fuel came from an AI-generated song that quickly rose to the top of the charts. The reaction was immediate. People were fascinated. But also unsettled....
Christmas Eve gathers us from many different places. Some of us have been walking through this Advent series together. Others are here simply because it’s Christmas—because the lights are on, the songs are familiar, and for a brief moment, it feels good to be among...
Let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7-12 Questions for Life Groups Read 1 John 4:7-12 and the article in this week’s Circuit Rider titled Love. How about the next time a catastrophe hits your...
In the hours and days following an act of mass violence, something predictable happens. Attention turns almost immediately to motive. Questions are asked before facts are known. Conclusions form before evidence is gathered. The human impulse is understandable: if we...
We have heard the Word of Life, and we have seen it with our eyes, and our hands have touched it. 1 John 1:1-4 Questions for Life Groups Read 1 John 1:1-4, Genesis 1:26-31, Psalm 8:1-9, and the article in this week’s Circuit Rider titled Joy. This week, try choosing...
This week, in our companion book AI Ethics, Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh describes a world in which information is no longer simply received. Instead, information is engineered, customized, and optimized for influence. Every click, pause, and preference becomes a data point....
He will settle disputes among great nations. They will hammer their swords into plows and their spears into pruning knives. Nations will never again go to war, never prepare for battle again. Isaiah 2:1-5 Questions for Life Groups Read Isaiah 2:1-5 and the article in...